96019 - Romance Philology - Iberian Course (M-Z)

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course, the student will acquire knowledge of the romance languages and literatures of the Middle Ages and their formation, with particular regard to Spanish, Portuguese and Galician. The student will acquire the skills for adopting the instruments of textual criticism, in order to be aware of the transformations of texts and languages through the centuries.

Course contents

I. LINGUISTICS

1. Romance languages in space and time
2. From Latin to the roman languages? Traditional theory vs prehistoricist theory
3. Iberian Romances languages: an introduction to the history of the languages, with examples of historical grammar 

II.TEXTUAL CRITICISM

1. The manuscript
2. Orality and writing in Middle Ages
3. Principles of ecdotics

III.HISTORY OF LITERATURE

1. Geography and history of Romance origins
2. Lyrics, epcis, novel
3. The main texts of Iberian Romance literature

IV.TRANSLATION AND CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF TEXTS

1. Cantar de Mio Cid
2. Razón de amor
3. Cantigas galego-portuguesas

Readings/Bibliography

P.G. Beltrami, La filologia romanza. Profilo linguistico e letterario, Bologna, il Mulino, 2017.

F. Benozzo - M. Alinei, Dalla linguistica romanza alla linguistica neoitalide, online here:  http://www.continuitas.org/texts/alinei_benozzo_linguisticaromanza.pdf

Texts, studies and other materials will be updated for students and published on Virtuale

Teaching methods

Frontal teaching. Seminars and discussions of specific subjets will be arranged. 

Assessment methods

Oral examination

Teaching tools

Texts, videos, maps and other materials will be uploaded on Virtuale

Office hours

See the website of Francesco Benozzo